I report on benefits from teacher-participant evaluation. 26 teachers in South Africa participated in a comprehensive evaluation of a computer game designed to motivate learning and to ease conceptual understanding of biology, using a developmental, social constructivist and interpretative model. I recommend an evaluation of Educational Computer Programmes (ECPs) to include: the value system of end-users (through social dialogue); curriculum issues (learning theories in the ECP and those the education authorities recommend, as well as ECP-curriculum integration); the nature of the subject the ECP presents (e.g., Nature of Science); and the compatibility of the ECP with school computers
The introduction of the computer into the educational arena is unique as pressure for its inclusion ...
There are convincing arguments for the integration of computer applications into school programmes t...
M.A. (Public Management and Governance)The Preamble of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act 84 o...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.This evaluation started with preliminary re...
Science teachers’ experiences, attitudes, perceptions, concerns, and support needs related to the us...
AbstractIn last decades many studies in the literature are trying to identify the effectiveness of c...
It can often be difficult to know whether an educational intervention is effective. Anecdotal eviden...
The combination of digital technologies and the focus on student-centred learning, enable the integr...
In recent years, in order to motivate students to learn, an increasing number of teach-ers have been...
Educational interventions are implemented by teaching staff in order to improve some facet of studen...
This study focuses on computer games in the subject of social science and aims to examine what view ...
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a computer-based outreach programme that ad...
We developed a computerized game designed around principles shown to improve classroom performance a...
This research describes the evaluation of a teacher education program set up to foster the use of co...
ABSTRACT Curriculum 2005, introduced into the South African education system in 1997, requires Natu...
The introduction of the computer into the educational arena is unique as pressure for its inclusion ...
There are convincing arguments for the integration of computer applications into school programmes t...
M.A. (Public Management and Governance)The Preamble of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act 84 o...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2004.This evaluation started with preliminary re...
Science teachers’ experiences, attitudes, perceptions, concerns, and support needs related to the us...
AbstractIn last decades many studies in the literature are trying to identify the effectiveness of c...
It can often be difficult to know whether an educational intervention is effective. Anecdotal eviden...
The combination of digital technologies and the focus on student-centred learning, enable the integr...
In recent years, in order to motivate students to learn, an increasing number of teach-ers have been...
Educational interventions are implemented by teaching staff in order to improve some facet of studen...
This study focuses on computer games in the subject of social science and aims to examine what view ...
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a computer-based outreach programme that ad...
We developed a computerized game designed around principles shown to improve classroom performance a...
This research describes the evaluation of a teacher education program set up to foster the use of co...
ABSTRACT Curriculum 2005, introduced into the South African education system in 1997, requires Natu...
The introduction of the computer into the educational arena is unique as pressure for its inclusion ...
There are convincing arguments for the integration of computer applications into school programmes t...
M.A. (Public Management and Governance)The Preamble of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act 84 o...
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